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Students at Goldsmiths University in southeast London have taken control of the campus library. As many as 150 students entered the library on Monday night to begin their peaceful occupation. The occupation comes days before tomorrow’s scheduled national protest on the massive cuts.

Here is the official statement from the students:

We have occupied the university library in opposition to the increase in university fees and cuts in education as a whole …

Photo: Young Kwak for The Pacific Northwest Inlander
Now on view at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture is the largest exhibition of the work of Timothy C. Ely ever assembled under one roof.

Since the early 1970’s Ely has been creating unique, one-of-a-kind mind-bending bookworks. On the form of his work Ely says “I became really aware that the atlas form would be the springboard — the point of departure — for everything I needed to deal with …

Natalie Portman at the “Black Swan” premiere Nov. 30 in New York. Credit: Evan Agostini / Associated Press
Got to love the purse Natalie Portman brought with her to the premiere of her new film Black Swan.
The purse comes to us from the French designer Olympia Le-Tan. Interestingly enough, …
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